Waterford Excursion Day

Sherwood HarringtonAugust, 2006

On the other side of the castle from the public area one can
see this tower, which appears to be a ruin, but is actually a "folly." Lady
Rosse writes that "it and the [castle] walls were built during the famine time
when people were paid with food for work." For more on "Famine Follies," see
this article in Wikipedia. .